The West Shore RCMP street crime unit nabbed at 27-year-old Langford man last Friday for running a significantly large dial-a-dope operation.
The street crime unit had the man under surveillance based on a Crime Stoppers tip, and pulled over his car in View Royal at 1 p.m. after witnessing a drug transaction. Officers found baggies of heroin, crack and powdered cocaine in the vehicle, ready for distribution. RCMP seized the 2006 Subaru Legacy.
B次元官网网址淭he more different substances you have, the more customers you will have,B次元官网网址� said West Shore RCMP Sgt. Max Fossum.
Around 10 p.m. after gaining a search warrant to the manB次元官网网址檚 home on Bellamy Road in Langford, RCMP found large numbers of baggies of heroin and crack and powdered cocaine. They also found a large amount of cash.
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But police estimate they seized 20 grams of cocaine and about four grams of heroin in about 40 baggies from the Bellamy home. Drugs were divided into 0.2, 0.4, 0.5 and one gram packages. Fossum said this is a much larger operation than a B次元官网网址渟treet level doper.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淚f you look at each baggy, each one would be a delivery,B次元官网网址� Fossum said. B次元官网网址淒ial-a-dope is basically like a pizza delivery.B次元官网网址�
Two bags of marijuana were also found in the home. B次元官网网址淭he marijuana was probably just personal,B次元官网网址� remarked Const. Olen Bernardo, of the street crime unit.
The RCMP also found a baton at the home, but no other weapons.
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Fossum said the suspect doesn't have a criminal record and was unknown to police until the Crime Stoppers tip.
Charges of drug trafficking havenB次元官网网址檛 yet been sworn against 27-year-old, and his name hasnB次元官网网址檛 been released. He has been released from custody on a number of conditions.
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